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About Analysis of published accounts
Analysing published accounts with ratio analysis, and the limits of that analysis. These questions come from the earlier A Level syllabus.
27 past paper questions on this topic since 2020, across 8 exam sessions.
How often it comes up
| Year | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Total | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
27 more questions from 2020–2022
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AS Level Business questions by topic
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- Unit 1Business and its environment
- Ch 1Enterprise
- Ch 2Business structure
- Ch 3Size of business
- Ch 4Business objectives
- Ch 5Stakeholders in a business
- Unit 2Human resource management
- Ch 10Human resource management
- Ch 11Motivation
- Ch 12Management
- Ch 15Leadership
- Ch 16Human resource management strategy
- Unit 3Marketing
- Ch 17The nature of marketing
- Ch 18Market research
- Ch 19The marketing mix: product and price
- Ch 20The marketing mix: promotion and place
- Ch 21Marketing analysis
- Unit 4Operations management
- Ch 23The nature of operations
- Ch 24Inventory management
- Ch 25Capacity utilisation and outsourcing
- Ch 26Location and scale
- Ch 28Operations strategy
- Unit 5Finance and accounting
- Ch 29Business finance
- Ch 30Forecasting and managing cash flows
- Ch 31Costs
- Ch 32Budgets
- Ch 33Financial statements
- Ch 34Analysis of published accounts